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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes
«The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in and I've been shooting it ever since.»
«I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
| About:
Success
| Keywords:
lifetimes, put together
«My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
| Keywords:
birth certificate, cents, certificate, certificates, extra
«I allowed him far too much space in my own head, ... of these moves worked more than once.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
«He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
«He?s not a raw kind of talent. He?s got some sophistication to his basketball game, and I think he will progress quickly.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
«[In his 1983 autobiography,] Giant Steps, ... Either because I was an athlete or because I was black -- probably both -- there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
«He just needs to get an understanding of how to use his considerable talent.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
«He's agile, he's quick. Everything you need, he's got. He's got all the equipment. He doesn't know how to apply it. He's got some bad habits. Simple stuff, keep (the ball) up high, use his seven feet. It's not rocket science.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
«I turned down an offer of Willis Reed and Walt Frazier for Kareem, because both those guys were in their 30s.»
Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Basketball Player)
